George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master.

All his life George loved 26  .When he was only seven years old, he already knew so  27 about plants that people in his hometown called him“the plant doctor”.

George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no   28  for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow  29  children to go to school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas  30  he finished high school. All this time he had to work to  31  his own expense(费用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.

In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a  32  of plants. He began to study agriculture (农业). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George 33  . He had other  34  . He started an agricultural organization(组织)for black students in Alabama.

In those days, many 35   in the south grew only cotton(棉花). This was   36 to the soil(土壤). After a while the  37  would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the  38  . Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.

George Washington Carver invented(发明) so many things that he was  39 “the Wizard (能手)of Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the   40  of 79.

(   ) 26. A. animals    B. plants    C. buildings   D. photos

(   ) 27. A. much     B. many    C. little     D. few

(   ) 28. A. house     B. farm    C. hospital    D. school

(   ) 29. A. brown    B. yellow   C. black     D. white 

(   ) 30. A. when     B. until    C. for      D. since

(   ) 31. A. cost     B. spend    C. pay      D. take

(   ) 32. A. love     B. hate    C. question    D. surprise

(   ) 33. A. accepted   B. refused   C. understood   D. cared

(   ) 34. A. situations   B. suggestions  C. plays     D. plans

(   ) 35. A. farmers    B. scientists  C. doctors    D. inventors

(   ) 36. A. helpful    B. harmful   C. careful    D. wonderful

(   ) 37. A. pumpkin   B. peanut    C. cotton    D. potato

(   ) 38. A. soil     B. water    C. air      D. weather 

(   ) 39. A. seen     B. looked    C. found     D. called

(   ) 40.A. time     B. year     C. age      D. season

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